T20 Asia Cup defending champions Sri Lanka eliminated from Asia Cup 2025

Starting the Asia Cup 2025 as among the favourites, Sri Lanka surprised in the Super Fours performances, as they have been eliminated from the tournament, while they still have to play one game in the ongoing Super Fours stage. 

India vs Bangladesh Super Fours in the Asia Cup 2025 was one of the important fixtures for the T20 Asia Cup defending champions Sri Lanka, as they could only stay in the tournament if Bangladesh managed to defeat the Men in Blues. Apart from that result, Sri Lanka would also need to hope for another Bangladesh victory against Pakistan on Thursday's fixture, after which the Lankans would need to beat India, and also need to maintain a good net run rate, as India and Pakistan would also have two points at the end of the Super Fours, while Bangladesh would end the stage with six points in that scenario. 

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Asia Cup 2025: Sri Lanka eliminated; India qualified for Final

But the only unbeaten side in the Asia Cup 2025, India, expectedly dominated against Bangladesh, as the Men in Blues claimed another comfortable victory by 41 runs to secure their place for the Asia Cup 2025 Final as well as eliminate Sri Lanka from the tournament. Although Sri Lanka will play against India in the last Super Fours fixture on Friday (September 26), the T20 Asia Cup defending champions won't have any chance to qualify for the Final of the tournament. 

Meanwhile, on Thursday (September 25), Pakistan and Bangladesh will face each other to battle for the last spot of the Asia Cup 2025 Final, as the winner of the match will advance to the Final. So, this Super Fours fixture has turned out as the unofficial Semi-final.  

Asia Cup 2025: Sri Lanka finished Group B as champions

Sri Lanka started the tournament brilliantly, as they finished the group stage as the champions. While Group B had teams like Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Hong Kong, along with Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won all those matches to join the Super Fours as the Group B champions. In the group stage, the Lankans defeated Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan by six wickets, four wickets, and six wickets, respectively. However, in the Super Fours, Sri Lanka first lost against Bangladesh by four wickets, then Pakistan beat them by five wickets last night. It is very difficult to see the T20 Asia Cup defending champions and one of the favourites of the Asia Cup 2025, Sri Lanka, have been eliminated before the end of the Super Fours competition.